Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,349
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$23,501
24.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,934
Missouri costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Missouri — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$96,850
Kept after tax
$73,349
Worth in national money
$79,934
State rank
37
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Missouri pays this job a middle wage of $96,850, 37 of 48 states and about 5.99% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Missouri. It ranks 69 out of 488 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Missouri does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $96,850 you keep $73,349, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $79,934 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $80,720, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Missouri's $96,850 median for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay places it 37 of 48 states, about 5.99% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Within Missouri, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 69 of 488 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Missouri income tax, retained pay for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay on $96,850 is $73,349. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $79,934 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $80,720 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $117,160 |
| This salary | $96,850 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Missouri | $73,349 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,964 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$733 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $91,712 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,012 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $96,850 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,800 and the ninetieth is $117,160 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Missouri's $73,349, worked from $96,850. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 69 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $79,934, the adjusted value of that $96,850 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 69 of 488 in the state.
- The Missouri median of $96,850 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,800 to $117,160. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Missouri take-home of $73,349, on $96,850 for work ranking 69 of 488 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 69 of 488 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $79,934 — the adjusted value of that $96,850 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 69 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $80,720, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $32,800, the highest tenth $117,160, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Missouri is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $79,934 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Missouri then takes its own share, leaving $73,349.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Missouri is $80,720. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,800) and the ninetieth ($117,160) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Missouri's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $79,934 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $73,349 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Missouri income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.